ब्राह्मं दशसहस्राणि पाद्मं पञ्चोनषष्टि च । श्रीवैष्णवं त्रयोविंशच्चतुर्विंशति शैवकम् ॥ ४ ॥ दशाष्टौ श्रीभागवतं नारदं पञ्चविंशति । मार्कण्डं नव वाह्नं च दशपञ्च चतु:शतम् ॥ ५ ॥ चतुर्दश भविष्यं स्यात्तथा पञ्चशतानि च । दशाष्टौ ब्रह्मवैवर्तं लैङ्गमेकादशैव तु ॥ ६ ॥ चतुर्विंशति वाराहमेकाशीतिसहस्रकम् । स्कान्दं शतं तथा चैकं वामनं दश कीर्तितम् ॥ ७ ॥ कौर्मं सप्तदशाख्यातं मात्स्यं तत्तु चतुर्दश । एकोनविंशत्सौपर्णं ब्रह्माण्डं द्वादशैव तु ॥ ८ ॥ एवं पुराणसन्दोहश्चतुर्लक्ष उदाहृत: । तत्राष्टदशसाहस्रं श्रीभागवतमिष्यते ॥ ९ ॥
brāhmaṁ daśa sahasrāṇi pādmaṁ pañcona-ṣaṣṭi ca śrī-vaiṣṇavaṁ trayo-viṁśac catur-viṁśati śaivakam daśāṣṭau śrī-bhāgavataṁ nāradaṁ pañca-viṁśati mārkaṇḍaṁ nava vāhnaṁ ca daśa-pañca catuḥ-śatam catur-daśa bhaviṣyaṁ syāt tathā pañca-śatāni ca daśāṣṭau brahma-vaivartaṁ laiṅgam ekādaśaiva tu catur-viṁśati vārāham ekāśīti-sahasrakam skāndaṁ śataṁ tathā caikaṁ vāmanaṁ daśa kīrtitam kaurmaṁ sapta-daśākhyātaṁ mātsyaṁ tat tu catur-daśa ekona-viṁśat sauparṇaṁ brahmāṇḍaṁ dvādaśaiva tu evaṁ purāṇa-sandohaś catur-lakṣa udāhṛtaḥ tatrāṣṭadaśa-sāhasraṁ śrī-bhāgavatam iṣyate
- brāhmam
- the Brahma Purāṇa
- daśa
- ten
- sahasrāṇi
- thousands
- pādmam
- the Padma Purāṇa
- pañca-ūna-ṣaṣṭi
- five less than sixty
- ca
- and
- śrī-vaiṣṇavam
- the Viṣṇu Purāṇa
- trayaḥ-viṁśat
- twenty-three
- catuḥ-viṁśati
- twenty-four
- śaivakam
- the Śiva Purāṇa
- daśa-aṣṭau
- eighteen
- śrī-bhāgavatam
- Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
- nāradam
- the Nārada Purāṇa
- pañca-viṁśati
- twenty-five
- mārkaṇḍam
- the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
- nava
- nine
- vāhnam
- the Agni Purāṇa
- ca
- and
- daśa-pañca-catuḥ-śatam
- fifteen thousand four hundred
- catuḥ-daśa
- fourteen
- bhaviṣyam
- the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa
- syāt
- consists of
- tathā
- plus
- pañca-śatāni
- five hundred (verses)
- ca
- and
- daśa-aṣṭau
- eighteen
- brahma-vaivartam
- the Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa
- laiṅgam
- the Liṅga Purāṇa
- ekādaśa
- eleven
- eva
- indeed
- tu
- and
- catuḥ-viṁśati
- twenty-four
- vārāham
- the Varāha Purāṇa
- ekāśīti-sahasrakam
- eighty-one thousand
- skāndam
- the Skanda Purāṇa
- śatam
- hundred
- tathā
- plus
- ca
- and
- ekam
- one
- vāmanam
- the Vāmana Purāṇa
- daśa
- ten
- kīrtitam
- is described
- kaurmam
- the Kūrma Purāṇa
- sapta-daśa
- seventeen
- ākhyātam
- is said
- mātsyam
- the Matsya Purāṇa
- tat
- that
- tu
- and
- catuḥ-daśa
- fourteen
- eka-ūna-viṁśat
- nineteen
- sauparṇam
- the Garuḍa Purāṇa
- brahmāṇḍam
- the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa
- dvādaśa
- twelve
- eva
- indeed
- tu
- and
- evam
- in this way
- Purāṇa
- of the Purāṇas
- sandohaḥ
- the sum
- catuḥ-lakṣaḥ
- four hundred thousand
- udāhṛtaḥ
- is described
- tatra
- therein
- aṣṭa-daśa-sāhasram
- eighteen thousand
- śrī-bhāgavatam
- Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
- iṣyate
- is said
The Brahma Purāṇa consists of ten thousand verses, the Padma Purāṇa of fifty-five thousand, Śrī Viṣṇu Purāṇa of twenty-three thousand, the Śiva Purāṇa of twenty-four thousand and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam of eighteen thousand. The Nārada Purāṇa has twenty-five thousand verses, the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa nine thousand, the Agni Purāṇa fifteen thousand four hundred, the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa fourteen thousand five hundred, the Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa eighteen thousand and the Liṅga Purāṇa eleven thousand. The Varāha Purāṇa contains twenty-four thousand verses, the Skanda Purāṇa eighty-one thousand one hundred, the Vāmana Purāṇa ten thousand, the Kūrma Purāṇa seventeen thousand, the Matsya Purāṇa fourteen thousand, the Garuḍa Purāṇa nineteen thousand and the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa twelve thousand. Thus the total number of verses in all the Purāṇas is four hundred thousand. Eighteen thousand of these, once again, belong to the beautiful Bhāgavatam.